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Officials Announces Initial Test Transmissions From GPS SatelliteLos Angeles AFB (AFNS) Jun 21, 2010 Officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Wing announced that the first GPS IIF satellite, launched May 27, has begun test transmissions of the new safety-of-life (L5) navigation signal. The L5 signal is a key element of efforts to modernize the GPS constellation for civil users. It was designed in close coordination with civil aviation and other organizations worldwide and is transmitted in a frequency band protected for safety-of-life applications. It ... read more |
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Singapore (AFP) June 20, 2010After decades building its reputation as the go-to country for electronics manufacturers, China's intention to promote its own brands and produce the world's next Sony or Samsung was obvious during a massive telecoms exhibition in Singapore. While foreign giants such as Apple, Dell and Nokia have taken advantage of China's vast pool of cheap labour to manufacture or assemble their products, ... more 
Mymensingh, Bangladesh (AFP) June 20, 2010Western consumers who shun environmentally unfriendly plastic bags are helping to revive the traditional jute industry in Bangladesh. Jute, a vegetable fibre that is spun into coarse threads, was once known as the "golden fibre" of the British Empire when the Indian sub-continent was ruled from London. The material's long decline was hastened in the 1980s with the advent of synthetic fab ... more 
Foshan, China (AFP) June 20, 2010For two years, Li has toiled at an auto parts plant affiliated with Honda Motor, earning meagre pay and breathing workshop fumes that he and his fellow workers fear are affecting their health. Such tales seem as numerous as the workers themselves in southern Guangdong province - long known as the "workshop of the world" but now the focus of a push for better pay and conditions by China's ma ... more |
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China's leader-in-waiting reaches out to AustraliaMelbourne (AFP) June 20, 2010 The man tipped to be China's next president voiced hopes Sunday for stronger ties with Australia at the start of a tour in which Beijing is expected to raise concerns about a proposed tax on mining. Xi Jinping, on the first high-level trip by a Chinese official to Australia since Australian iron ore executive Stern Hu was jailed, is set to focus on economic issues, including a plan for a 40 percent tax on mining profits. "Our two sides should build on our current strong relationship," Vice-Presi ... read more |
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